Transient platypnea-orthodeoxia-like syndrome induced by propafenone overdose in a young woman with Ebstein's anomaly

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 891-894

  Pavoni, Daisy ^a   Ragazzo, Sonia ^a   Driussi, Mauro ^a   Antonini Canterin, Francesco ^a   Pavan, Daniela ^a   Zardo, Fabio ^a   Nicolosi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Drugs; Echocardiography; Patent foramen ovale; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CYANOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EBSTEIN'S ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PROPAFENONE; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 2142820881     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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